if you can get it for $5oo canadian you definitely should buy it, upgrade to leopard and use it for a couple of years. Also if you buy it and use it for a little bit you could resell it and not lose too much money in the process.

I can speak from experience. I have owned the latest revision of every size powerbook. I am a graphic designer and use photoshop / indesign / and illustrator on a regular basis.

My MacBook is sooo much speedier than the powerbook. I do miss the 17" screen size of my powerbook, but I have an 20" external hooked up and it's fine. I love my MacBook. I bought a refurb and installed 3gb of RAM in it.

I just replaced a 12" Powerbook with a MacBook Pro, but also bought my mom a MacBook and set it up for her. The MacBook is infinitely better than the 12" PB. Movies converted 5x faster on the MacBook. It has a camera, it has front row, it takes more memory, it runs Windows, etc.. I would definitely add a few hundred bucks and get the MacBook. Not sure why the guy who bought my PB didn't do the same, especially since he planned on buying more ram to max it out, but I was happy to take his money.

I just replaced a 12" Powerbook with a MacBook Pro, but also bought my mom a MacBook and set it up for her. The MacBook is infinitely better than the 12" PB. Movies converted 5x faster on the MacBook. It has a camera, it has front row, it takes more memory, it runs Windows, etc.. I would definitely add a few hundred bucks and get the MacBook. Not sure why the guy who bought my PB didn't do the same, especially since he planned on buying more ram to max it out, but I was happy to take his money.

Just to clarify for the OP, i assume that you mean that it can hold more RAM, cuz the way it sounds it seems like you are saying that it would consume more RAM (noticeable amounts more) than the PowerBook when doing the same things.

Simple answer: if you don't need the power of a MacBook (i.e., if you're going to use the machine for watching movies, email, internet, and other simple tasks) and you don't have the money to spare, a G4 Powerbook will work just fine. If you want to do more advanced tasks (video conversion, CS1/2/3, etc.) and want to be able to run in Windows, then go with the MacBook. The Powerbook will work for you for years if you don't need the extra power and intel compatibility (I still use a G4 ibook for all my mobile needs and it flies, but the most heavy task it runs is Photoshop 7)...

Well I just got an update that the macbook may come cheaper or (fingers crossed) come free...so if its less than $500ish or free I'll be happy with the powerbook (I have the new 2.4 iMac at home already..)

Im just wondering how well the Powerbook G4 1.33 Ghz with 1.25 gigs of ram can run leopard...

Last rev was a 1.5 GHz G4. That's an Apr 2004 Machine... so 3 years 6 months old. I'd would not get it, maybe a refurb MB will be a better deal. (I do not really think being able to "run" winblows in a Mac is any advantage...)